I'd sooner talk to a man than a woman any day. Ten minutes exhausts them. - Victor Daley

Here I can sit at ease on days of rain,
And read my Rabelais and my Montaigne,
Self-centred as a solitary star
That has no satellites its peace to mar.
Society salutes me with salaam,
For I am single — thank the Lord I am!

I do not care for men To point with pride at me;
A model citizen I do not wish to be.

I learnt the language of the birds, A new St. Francis I would be;
But, when I understood their words — The birds were preaching unto me.